Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-24
GENERAL MARKETS.
Produce and Provisions.

ST, LOUIS, MO-. May 23.-Flour-frm and
| demand good Wheat-Higher; manipulation
| in May options and higher markets elsewhere
caused great uneasness and May advanced
! l1Ic and other months 3l0l &C. No. , red cash,
sSXc; May SSlIc, closing az Ss1zC bid; June S61s
GSG@3c, closing at SIC ominal; July o2A GS31 C.,
closing at S3}lC bid; August S21GGS3 &C, closing
| at s31c. COrn-Lower; cash 81 . o3sc; May
offered at CSC; June SIC bid; July 37ssC; Au-
gust 3S2Ic. Oats-VeTy quiet; cash 2115ci Nav &c
bid July 2j15C Corn meal in brisk demand s. 10.
WHISKY steady at 81 %; Provisions frmer.
Pork-Old mess, SI4 90; irregular SIG 30 Lard
So 4066 45 Dry salt meat-BOXed shoulders
50 80 long clear - 10; clear ribs 81 %; short
clears 81 As. Bscon-BoXed shoulders So GOA
8 -; long clear and clear ribs s. s5aT 95 short
clears SIS l215dS %. Hams-SLeady at Sill 25G
400 Afternoon bOard-N heat firm and high
er; May s9GS915c; June SAC; August 1875 a
S1Hc; September $40 0s4zsc. Corn dull and
unchanged. oats nominal and unchanged.
CHICAGO, ILL, May 23.-Opening markets on
change were unusually active, and in decided
contrast to the dulIness which prevailed on
Satu day. Wheat was strong and higher, and
there was considerable nervousness displayed.
June opened at SSl4c and sold to sS55c almost
Immediately. July and August were actively
bid for, Jun wheat selling up to ss1zc, reacted
to s6L4 and then steadily advanced to S624c. The
Cliques did very little after the first spirit OF
activity in long futures Those months became
very quiet although very steady as the retui ms
began to come in from various points and II
became evident that the Visible supply OF wheat
would not show the amount of decrease that
Inmates were for a decrease of 2,0O0,OUO bush
els, but the official returns made It 400 800.
Arrivals at New York were quite large, and
went a long way towards keeping the decrease
down, The unsatisfactory returns caused the
price of June wheat to ease of to SS14c the
opening price, but toward the close of the
morning session wheat Armed up again ana
June closed at sSKc. At the afternoon session
heavy exports from the seaboard snd higher
market at st. Louis and other points, together
with increased nervousness among shorts,
made wheat nprrpDtiDlV 6rmer.
to sec, and closed at SS5Sc. Corn, owing to the
rains of last night and yesterday, was decidedly
weak; at the opening July corn opened at 4Uz.c
and sold down to 402Sc in short time, and
around the pit at this figure it was very quiet
and steady until toward midday, when IL de-
clined to 4O1ac; during the afternoon 1t stifened
somewh at and closed at 1850 More hogs ar
rived than were expected. causing July RIBS to
open weak at 81 PIX This weakness was only
temporary, and July ribs advanced l0c in the
first hour of the session. July lard, which
opened at Sc 70, also advanced to Sc ~. After
an early advance, provisions remained rather
steady during the DAY and closed at Sc 50 for
futures closed as follows Wheat-No. 2
August S52o' CornNNo 5 May Ss}sc; june
3S76c; July 1850; August Axe. Mess pork
May and June S23 90. Lard-May So IS; June
So 20, July So so: August So go Short ribs
May 81 %, June 81 .; july 81 81; August 81 40.
No. , spring wheat S71l 9S7'4c; No , red S75sc; !
No - corn 3s1{c bid. Mess pork f23 90 Lard |
s. IS. ShorG ribs sides, loose, S1l2H a 10; |
dry salt shoulders, boxed,iS5 6ea5 7O;short clear
sides, boxed, s. 6O0T s..
NEW YORK, May 23-Flour-Market fairly |
active and firm but not quotably changed |
Wheat, spot, shade lower, closing firm; eX |
port trading more active; options opened |
steady, later they declined AG3sc, subsequent |
ly advanced 3SGSc, closing firm; specu'a- |
ton was more active; spot No 2 red $50 996A<c !
at elevator; 976971+c free on board; May SO |
G9s5sc, closing at $3.50; June 6}6G96zSc, |
closing at $3.50; July 965GG97c, closing /
at SIC; August 9i1a G94ic, closing at 94zsc Corn |
Spot lots 4 GHc, and options shade lower, |
closing firm; export demand only moderate; |
spot No. 2, 4755G472lc at elevator; 4124 4Sc |
canal afloat; May 471l6415.c, closed 47%c; !
June 4Tz5G4Slzc, closed 4SHc; July 4SzsG !
40 l-;l6c, closed 49c; August soc; sep
TENDER sic. Coffee-spot fair, Rio
strong; options higher and active; sales
Is So; July SIS 75SlS 80; August Sls 95Slg 10;
September $40 l00l9 IS; october SIG 3UGl9 30;
November $40 45619 IS; December $40 $50
10 10; January SIG 656I9 20; February SIG 20;
April Sl9 7OGl9 Is sugar strong ana more act
i've; fair refining quoted st 41zc; molasses sugar
I l6G424c; MuscOvado A al Ice; st. CroiX
7-l6G4Hci Porto Rico 45Ic; centrifugals 3-l6c
for IS test; refined firm and active; G 41I94zSc;
extra 9 "A G4zsc white extra Sc; yellow 47<6
&c; of a 81 as 3-l6c; mould 4 l3-l6S16esG;
standard q T-l6c; confeCtioners' A 533EJ pow |
Tered exc; granulated SIC; cubes 15l6f6e;
nolasses steady; 80 test 20s. Rice In fst{ DE-
nand and firm. Tallow steady at 3 70 s&663%c.
cut meats are firm. Lard points hther,gbut |.
Iuiet; spot prices quoted 81 S. 9T3z Al co. June
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